I mean, he thinks this of the Israel in Ezechiel 38 and 39.
I'd like to warn him, this might not be the case.
The forgiveness after exile of which they speak may (38 verse 12) refer to the ones who returned from Babylon, more than 2000 years ago.
And from these descend, not just Jews and Samaritans, but also Christian Palestinians and even Muslim Palestinians.
The Magogian connection may cover Ashkenaz who are of Jewish confession. Because, while Y chromosomes are Abrahamic or at worst Canaanean, mitochondriae are European:
The origins of Ashkenazi Jews remain highly controversial. Like Judaism, mitochondrial DNA is passed along the maternal line. Its variation in the Ashkenazim is highly distinctive, with four major and numerous minor founders. However, due to their rarity in the general population, these founders have been difficult to trace to a source. Here we show that all four major founders, ~40% of Ashkenazi mtDNA variation, have ancestry in prehistoric Europe, rather than the Near East or Caucasus. Furthermore, most of the remaining minor founders share a similar deep European ancestry. Thus the great majority of Ashkenazi maternal lineages were not brought from the Levant, as commonly supposed, nor recruited in the Caucasus, as sometimes suggested, but assimilated within Europe. These results point to a significant role for the conversion of women in the formation of Ashkenazi communities, and provide the foundation for a detailed reconstruction of Ashkenazi genealogical history.
Nature: A substantial prehistoric European ancestry amongst Ashkenazi maternal lineages
Published: 08 October 2013 | Marta D. Costa et al.
Nature Communications volume 4, Article number: 2543 (2013)
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms3543
Just a thought./HGL
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